Question

Natalie made a mistake in the following problem.

The mistake was made in Line ___. Only input the number of the first incorrect line.

Line 1
6(4) ÷ 2 − 1 + 5
Line 2
6(4) ÷ 1 + 5
Line 3
24 ÷ 1 + 5
Line 4
24 + 5
Line 5
29

Numerical Answers Expected!
Answer for Blank 1:

Answer 1

They went wrong in Line 2 because they subtracted 2-1 instead of starting with the multiplication. You always use PEMDAS ( parentheses, exponent, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction) in these situations. So it would be

6(4) first so

24 divided by 2

12 minus 1

11 plus 5 so the correct answer is

16